Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Jezreel?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Yizre’el.

First appears in Joshua 19:18 · 7 books · 13 chapters

Overview

God scatters. (1. ) A town of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:30). Modern identification: Tel Yizre’el.

Jezreel is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Yizre’el. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:18 and is mentioned across 7 books, with 29 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 16 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Jezreel today

Travel to Jezreel, the modern-day Tel Yizre’el.

Jezreel is commonly identified with Tel Yizre’el, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Jezreel is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tel Yizre’el

32.558°N · 35.328°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Kings

3 chapters · 14 verse mentions

1 Kings

3 chapters · 6 verse mentions

Hosea

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

2 Samuel

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention